Display or campaign button.



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PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

E. H. ROY. DISPLAY 0R CAMPAIGN BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 18. 1907.

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EDWARD H. ROY, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL NOVELTY ADVERTISING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF TENNESSEE.

DISPLAY OR CAMPAIGN BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1908.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD H. ROY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display or Campaign Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements in display or campaign buttons designed to be worn on the lapel of a coat or in any conspicuous place on a garment, so as to display whenever desired different indicia or advertising matter, as the case may be, and the invention has for its object a cheap, simple and effective device of this character particularly designed for use as a campaign button to indicate the wearers choice of candidate for any office, the parts being so arranged that the candidates name, or picture will be ordinarily concealed, but may be displayed by merely pulling downwardly upon a string or cord, or other tab device secured to a portion of the button.

l/Vith this and other objects in view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds,

I the invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and of the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a face view of my improved display or campaign button; Fig. 2 is a similar view thereof with the slide drawn downwardly; Fig. 3 is a rear view of the button; and, Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse vertical sectional view.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the base plate of my improved campaign button and 2 a slide which is formed with up er and lower slots 3 and 4 through which t e base plate 1 extends, the slide being in the present instance in the form of a disk and being adapted to be moved downwardly or upwardly on the base plate 1 so as to expose either the lower end'or the upper end of the base plate. Preferably the lower slot 4 of the slide is formed in the extension 5 thereof.

The base plate 1 is formed with transverse slits 6 so as to produce a retaining strip 7. A pin or hook 8 is secured within the retaining strip 7, and is preferably offset as indicated at 8. A spring 9, which may be in the form of a short piece of elastic or ordinary rubber, or a spiral spring of metal, is secured at one end to the offset portion of the pin 8 and is secured at its other end in the slotted tongue 10 formed on the extension 5 of the slide, the tension of the spring normally drawing the slide upwardly on the base plate so as to conceal almost the entire upper end of the base plate. A string 11 or similar device may be secured in the slotted tongue 10 in order to draw the slide downwardly on the base plate.

It is obvious that the display or campaign button set forth in the foregoing description and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, may be modified in innumerable ways, so far as the display matter thereof is concerned. Merely as an example, I illustrate the slide 2 as displaying a horse indicating that the rider thereof will be the candidate to win the race. The base plate 1 at its upper end, which is normally concealed by the slide 2, displays the face or figure of the candidate which is a favorite of the wearer of the button. This portion of the base plate is normally held concealed behind the horse by the tension of the spring 9, but whenever the string 1 1 is pulled upon, it will result in drawing the slide 2 downwardly which will expose the upper end of the base plate 1 and display the face or figure of the favorite candidate, the same appearing as the rider of the horse. As soon as the string 1 1 is released, the spring 9 will cause the face or figure to disappear back of the horse. Preferably the lower end of the base plate 1 which is normally exposed will display the national emblem. Obviously, by means of the hook or pin 8, the base plate may be easily attached to the lapel of a coat, or to any portion of a garment to hold the button in a conspicuous position.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. The herein described display or campaign button, consisting of a base plate provided with upper and lower transverse slots, a hooked pin extending through said slots, and provided with an offset portion, a slide provided with upper and lower slots through which the base plate extends, the said slide being formed with a slotted tongue, a spring connected at one end to the offset portion of the hooked pin and at its other end to the said tongue, and a string also attached to said tongue and adapted to draw the slide downwardly against the tension of the spring.

2. The herein-described display button consisting of a base plate, a hooked pin secured to said base plate at the rear thereof and formed with an offset portion, a slide provided with upper and lower slots through which said base plate extends, and with a lower extension in which the lowermost slot is formed, the said slide being also formed in said extension with a slotted tongue, a pull spring connected at one end to the offset portion of the hooked pin and at its other end to the said tongue, and a string also attached to said tongue and adapted to draw the slide downwardly against the tension of the spring.

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